Today's News

CAROLINA SHORES—A reported incident of simple physical assault involving the town administrator and deputy town clerk at Carolina Shores Town Hall last month is marked “unfounded” and “closed/cleared” on a Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office report.

While the cause of an April 20 house explosion on Shingletree Road is officially undetermined, the homeowner said she was told someone had been removing items from the century-old house when the blast occurred.

Residents in the Farm at Brunswick, Brunswick Plantation and other communities reported hearing the blast and said it shook houses in the area.

An individual at the site of the home at 500 Shingletree Road went to a South Carolina hospital and possibly a burn center, Brunswick County Fire Marshal Scott Garner said.

Just check out the pickings at Indigo Farms and Holden Brothers Produce.

From now through May and into early June, their strawberry fields are open for pick-your-own gatherings at both popular markets located at the state line on Hickman Road and U.S. 17 south of Shallotte, respectively.

OCEAN ISLE BEACH—Wild goats that roam three spoil islands have been granted a reprieve.

A state plan to have bidders bid next month on how much they’re willing to pay to fetch feral goats on the islands on the seaward side of the Intracoastal Waterway has been cancelled, according to the North Carolina Department of Administration.

Members of The Brunswick County Board of Education will meet for their next regularly scheduled meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, in the commissioners chambers at the David R. Sandifer Administration Building at the county complex in Bolivia.

Those wishing to speak during the public comments portion of the meeting need to call ahead to reserve a spot on the schedule. Arrangements can be made through the central office at 253-2900.

UPDATE: Interviews for the president position at Brunswick Community College are scheduled to be completed today, Friday, April 29.

Dr. Rick L. Garrett, the final candidate, will visit on Friday and meet with the public from 12-1:15 p.m., at the Virginia Williamson Events Center. Garrett is the dean of the Avery Campus at Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine.

BOLIVIA—Local police chiefs and Brunswick County GOP leaders are throwing their support behind district attorney Jon David in what has become a very public battle with Chief District Judge Jerry Jolly.

On Friday, April 15, Jolly issued a scathing administrative order, accusing David of financially benefiting a campaign contributor in a pilot traffic court program Jolly called a “scheme.”

David has called the claims “wildly inaccurate” and asked that the traffic court program be immediately re-instated.

Agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Unit charged the following suspects last week.

•Susan G. Wood, 41, of 1472-5 Copas Road, Shallotte, was charged with one count of conspire to traffic opium or heroin, four counts of trafficking opium or heroin, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts of maintaining a dwelling to keep a controlled substance, one count of possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a schedule IV controlled substance and sell and deliver a schedule IV controlled substance.